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Democratizing Application Development with Betty Blocks

Democratizing Application Development with Betty Blocks

By : Reinier van Altena
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Democratizing Application Development with Betty Blocks

Democratizing Application Development with Betty Blocks

By: Reinier van Altena
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Overview of this book

This practical guide on no-code development with Betty Blocks will take you through the different features, no-code functionalities, and capabilities of the Betty Blocks platform using real-world use cases. The book will equip you with the tools to develop business apps based on various data models, business processes, and more. You’ll begin with an introduction to the basic concepts of the Betty Blocks no-code platform, such as developing IT solutions on various use cases including reporting apps, data tracking apps, workflows, and business processes. After getting to grips with the basics, you’ll explore advanced concepts such as building powerful applications that impact the business straight away with no-code application development and quickly creating prototypes. The concluding chapters will help you get a solid understanding of rapid application development, building customer portals, building dynamic web apps, drag-and-drop front ends, visual modelling capabilities, and complex data models. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a comprehensive understanding of building your own applications as a citizen developer using the Betty Blocks no-code platform.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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Who this book is for
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What this book covers
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Conventions used
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Part 1: Citizen Development
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Part 1: Citizen Development
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Chapter 1: What Can You Build with Betty Blocks as a Citizen Developer
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Chapter 1: What Can You Build with Betty Blocks as a Citizen Developer
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Introduction to the Betty Blocks platform
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Who can build applications on the Betty Blocks platform?
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Applications that you can build with the Betty Blocks platform
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Where do applications on the Betty Blocks platform reside?
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Summary
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Questions
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Chapter 2: Collaboration between Citizen Developers and Coders Using Betty Blocks
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Chapter 2: Collaboration between Citizen Developers and Coders Using Betty Blocks
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Collaboration for building applications
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How can developers also use a no-code platform
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Pro-coders can help citizen developers
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Adding no-code blocks to the platform with code
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Part 2: First Steps on the Betty Blocks Platform
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Part 2: First Steps on the Betty Blocks Platform
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Chapter 3: Governance on Betty Blocks
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Chapter 3: Governance on Betty Blocks
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What is governance on Betty Blocks?
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Organizations – the primary layer for your apps
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Applications within your organization
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User management
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What is sandboxing?
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Using application templates
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Chapter 4: An Introduction to Data Modeling
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Chapter 4: An Introduction to Data Modeling
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Understanding what a data model is
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Creating your first model
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Relationships
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Chapter 5: The Page Builder
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Chapter 5: The Page Builder
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What is the page builder?
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Our first page, based on the page template
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Creating a layout
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Chapter 6: Creating a New Application from a Template
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Chapter 6: Creating a New Application from a Template
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Creating the application from a template
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Entering the development environment
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Launching the application
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Chapter 7: Prototyping an Application
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Chapter 7: Prototyping an Application
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Setting up the main page
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Partials
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Request page
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Request overview page
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Part 3: Building Your First Application
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Part 3: Building Your First Application
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Chapter 8: The To-Do Application
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Chapter 8: The To-Do Application
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Setting up the data model
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Creating the Task page
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Chapter 9: The ToDo Application – Actions and Interactions
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Chapter 9: The ToDo Application – Actions and Interactions
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View tasks
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Edit tasks
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Delete tasks
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Chapter 10: Case Management Application
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Chapter 10: Case Management Application
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Using the login template
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Setting up the data model
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Setting up the Back Office
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Chapter 11: Case Management – Pages and Actions
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Chapter 11: Case Management – Pages and Actions
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Creating an overview page
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Actions
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Adding files to the current case
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Adding notes to the current case
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Showing the case details page
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Changing the status
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Tracking the history of your case
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Part 4: The Pro-Coder
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Part 4: The Pro-Coder
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Chapter 12: Pro-Coder Features
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Chapter 12: Pro-Coder Features
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The component set
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The Betty Blocks CLI
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Structure of a component and prefab
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Running your local component set
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Chapter 13: The Back Office
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Chapter 13: The Back Office
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Adding your first model to the Back Office
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Adding a subview to your view
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Summary
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Index
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Index
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Why subscribe?
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Where do applications on the Betty Blocks platform reside?

As mentioned before, the Betty Blocks platform is a cloud platform, which means it’s accessible from anywhere. So, when you create an application on the Betty Blocks platform, where is it hosted? Well, basically there are three different flavors of the platform:

  • A public cloud (by default, Azure)
  • A private cloud (any cloud operator)
  • On-premises

In the public cloud, you can access Betty Blocks anywhere in the world, but can also choose specific areas of the world in which to host your application, including the EU, UK, US, Canada, and many more places. This might be necessary to comply with laws in different parts of the world governing your app and its data. When you start a new application, you can choose where you want it to be hosted. By default, this is always in the Azure cloud.

In a private-cloud setup, Betty Blocks apps are hosted on your own cloud infrastructure, which is maintained and updated by Betty Blocks but owned and operated by you. This is done, for example, if you have a specific cloud preference besides Azure.

The on-premises option means that your instance of Betty Blocks will not be accessible outside your own company. It’s also maintained and updated by your own DevOps team (with support from Betty Blocks). You might choose this option if your data is very sensitive.

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